Electric Light Station: Treasury Place, MELBOURNE
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| Building ProfileName : Electric Light Station
LocationAddress: Treasury Place
City: MELBOURNE
Postcode: 3000
Construction DetailsBuilt: 1888 - 1889
Original use: Public (Government)
Current use:
Built in the Edwardian period in the Renaissance Revival style
Notable featuresThe buiding was constructed of rendered brick, and had a very functional design with enough ornament to fit discretely into the environment of the Treasury precinct. A dominant chimney stack for the furnace. The building was significantly remodelled in 1909 with a new facade of polychrome brick, new roof with decorative ventilators and altered windows for the Mining Laboratory which took over after the power station became redundant. The modifications were such that it was considered a completely new building. HistoryArchitect:
This building has been destroyed
The building was demolished to make way for the State Chemical Laboratories in 1964.
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